Improvement in railroad-ticket cases



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IMPROVEMENT IN' RAILROAD-TICKET ASES.

The Schedule referred to in'these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concer-n Be it known that I, FRANK BREws'rER, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, in the State of Ohio, (late of Owatonna, in the county of Steele, in the State A of Minnesota,).have invented new and useful Improve- A is a case containing any required number of pi geon` holes, or apartments B B, inclining downward toward the front, in each of which are placed movable apartments or drawers C C C, fig. 1, and 0,-g. 2, contain-V ing tickets, D D D, representing any desired station or place.

These apartments or drawers are so constructed that each is complete in itself, and is easily taken from or pnt into the case, as occasion may den'1and.` (See B, iig. l.) i

On the front ends of the sides of these movable apartments or drawers are fastened Vstrips F F, fig..2, (composed of metal or any other suitablemateriah) which are designed to hold the tickets in sucha manner as to present a face front, as shown in tgs. 1 and 2, and said strips F F, g. 2, are also bent over on the tcp edges of the apartments or drawers, and 'in the upper part, and at the angle of each, there is a slot, G, fig. 2,'sniciently large to allow the withdrawal of but one ticket at once, which is removed by being drawn p upward, as represented at E, iig. 1.

H, g. l, is a follower, to which is attached the rod I, iig. 2, which passes through the back of the drawer (l, and is pressed against the tickets D, by the elastic cord J, with suicient force to slide said tickets forward against the strips F F, so that upon the withdrawal of one ticket, another immediately takes its place.

K K K, fig. 1, are buttons whichhold the movable apartments or drawers O in their places.

L, fig. l, is the door of the case.

The objectin inclinng the pigeon-holes or apartments downward toward the front of the case is, that when the movable apartment or drawer is in its proper place, suicient spaccwill bev left over the top of the front of same, to allow Jtickets to be withdrawn without interfering with any of the other apartments, as 'shown in Iig. 1. The same result may be accomplished by making the pigeon-holes or apartments level, and setting the front of each tier of apartments far enough back from the frontof that immediately beneath it to allow sucient space to withdraw tickets, as described, above.

Other styles of springs than that described may be used for the purpose of sliding the tickets forward against the strips F F, fig. 2.

The same result may also be accomplished with a weight and roller.

` I am aware that a device has been in use for the prevention of the withdrawal of more than one ticket at once, consisting of adjustable strips attached to the front edges ofthe diierent apartments containing tickets, said tickets presenting an end-ed ge front, and being withdrawn from the bottom. Said device was patented by Joseph Edinunso'n and Caleb, Haworth, of Lancaster county, England, May 16, 1854.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the drawer C, having upon its front edges the metallic strips F, slotted, as described, the rod I having attached thereto a follower for pressing forward the tickets, and the springs J J, all constructed, arranged, and operating, substantially as set forth.

Witnesses:

JOHN N. D Avls, AUs'rrN BREwsTER.

FRANK BREWSTER. 

